T'was the Night Before ...

T'was the night before leaving
and all through my mind
were the lists I was checking  --
did I leave anything behind?

The directions and instructions address all the issues
about the papers, passports, and remembering tissues.
I with my 44 pound bag, Dave has his, too
We leave from Newark, gate number two.

A Boeing 777 will fly almost 16 hours overnight
to Hong Kong where we'll take in some of the sights.
A cable car to Victoria Peak, a ferry on Pearl River
Forty eight hours later, I'll have a daughter and Phoebe a mother.

We are equally lucky and fortunate to be united
and at the US Consulate, we become family after the oath is recited.
The wait has been a rollercoaster where I cried  and smiled --
I hung on because I wanted to make a difference in the life of a child.